Sunday, March 05, 2006
ZX Spectrum <-> PC Communication
Isn't it amazing how pretty much anything is more interesting than work you have to do?
This evening, I made up an RS-232 cable to connect my Spectrum to my PC, using this pinout:
I fired up HyperTerminal under Windows XP on my desktop, with settings of 19200 baud, 8-N-1, and then ran the following program on my Spectrum:
Here is the result (click on the picture to get a larger image):
Now I really must do some work for the morning, before I get distracted with how to send programs either way...
This evening, I made up an RS-232 cable to connect my Spectrum to my PC, using this pinout:
| Spectrum 9D plug pin | PC 9D socket pin |
|---|---|
| 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 2 |
| 4 | 7 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 5 |
I fired up HyperTerminal under Windows XP on my desktop, with settings of 19200 baud, 8-N-1, and then ran the following program on my Spectrum:
10 FORMAT "t";19200
20 OPEN #5;"t"
30 PRINT #5;"Mark is ace"
50 CLOSE #5
Here is the result (click on the picture to get a larger image):
Now I really must do some work for the morning, before I get distracted with how to send programs either way...
.jpg)
